Aztec

Aztec
Aztec 1787, from Sp. Azteca, from Nahuatl aztecatl (plural aztecah), meaning "coming from Aztlan," name of their legendary place of origin, usually said to lie somewhere in what is now southwestern U.S.

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  • Aztec — Lage im County und im Bundesstaat …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • aztec — AZTÉC, Ă, azteci, ce, s.m. şi f. 1. s.m. şi f. Persoana care făcea parte dintr o uniune de triburi amerindiene care au trăit în Mexic. 2. adj. Care aparţine aztecilor (1), privitor la azteci. – Din fr. Aztèque. Trimis de ana zecheru, 13.09.2007.… …   Dicționar Român

  • Aztec — Aztec, NM U.S. city in New Mexico Population (2000): 6378 Housing Units (2000): 2545 Land area (2000): 9.727566 sq. miles (25.194279 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.075668 sq. miles (0.195980 sq. km) Total area (2000): 9.803234 sq. miles (25.390259… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Aztec, NM — U.S. city in New Mexico Population (2000): 6378 Housing Units (2000): 2545 Land area (2000): 9.727566 sq. miles (25.194279 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.075668 sq. miles (0.195980 sq. km) Total area (2000): 9.803234 sq. miles (25.390259 sq. km)… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Aztec — Az tec, a. Of or relating to one of the early races in Mexico that inhabited the great plateau of that country at the time of the Spanish conquest in 1519. n. One of the Aztec race or people. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Aztec — ► NOUN ▪ a member of the American Indian people dominant in Mexico before the Spanish conquest. ORIGIN Nahuatl, person of Aztlan , their legendary place of origin …   English terms dictionary

  • Aztec — [az′tek΄] n. [Sp Azteca < Nahuatl aste:kaλ, after as λ a:n, ? name of their legendary place of origin] 1. a member of an Amerindian people of what is now Mexico, that had an advanced civilization before the conquest of Mexico by Cortés in 1519 …   English World dictionary

  • Aztec — For other uses, see Aztec (disambiguation). The Aztec Pyramid at St. Cecilia Acatitlan, Mexico State …   Wikipedia

  • Aztec C — Synopsis Aztec C is a C compiler for a variety of older computing platforms, including MS DOS, Apple II DOS 3.3 and ProDOS, Commodore 64, early Macintosh, and Amiga. History Manx Software Systems of Shrewsbury, New Jersey, produced C compilers… …   Wikipedia

  • Aztec — Aztecan, adj. /az tek/, n. 1. a member of a Nahuatl speaking state in central Mexico that was conquered by Cortés in 1521. 2. Also called classical Nahuatl. the variety of Nahuatl that served as the medium of Aztec civilization, aboriginally… …   Universalium

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